Health officials update Baldwin County leaders on swine flu testing

BAY MINETTE, Ala. -- Baldwin County Health Department officials updated county commissioners at their work session today on the nation's swine flu outbreak.

(Press-Register file photo)Ruth Underwood, area administrator for the Alabama Department of Public Health, told commissioners today it is not a time to panic.

Two samples from Baldwin County residents are being tested at a state laboratory to determine if they have the virus, but no results have been announced, health officials said.

Ruth Underwood, an area administrator for the Alabama Department of Public Health, said "it is not a time to panic, but a time to become informed and practice all those things we have been taught through life."